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TopShotsTopShots t1_jc6h9yh wrote

Reply to comment by JaqenHghar in 21 year old Nicaraguan pitcher Duque Hebbert signed by Detroit Tigers immediately after game in which he struck out a trio of MLB stars. by carnifex2005

Would it surprise you to find out that there are professional dunkers out there that would wreck any NBA player in a dunk contest, but would probably lose to a G league scrub in actual basketball? Turns out jumping really high is not all you need to be a good basketball player. They only called up McClung because thats how far the dunk contest had fallen off.

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slothlovereddit t1_jc6t5rf wrote

I stopped watching the dunk contest when they started jumping over Kias. Can't imagine what they are doing now

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DenFlyvendeFlamingo t1_jc7h915 wrote

This year was great. Best one in a while and second best the last 15 years or so, after the Aaron Gordon and Lavine one

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TopShotsTopShots t1_jc7im8l wrote

I wanna see real nba players...star players

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DenFlyvendeFlamingo t1_jc7j4vn wrote

Well we all do. But in regards to quality this year was a step up. I’d they can keep this up, maybe stars will be inclined to participate again.

Also Lavine is an all-star caliber player and he participated. The thing is that it’s mostly the young athletic players that’ll participate, and sometimes they grow into star players and sometimes they don’t.

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